THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH
CHAPTER 52
In the last days, Zion shall return and Israel be redeemedMessiah shall deal prudently and be exalted.
aAWAKE, awake; put on thy bstrength, O cZion; put on thy dbeautiful egarments, O fJerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
aShake thyself from the dust; barise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the cbands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have asold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without bmoney.
For thus saith the Lord aGOD, My people went down aforetime into bEgypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is ablasphemed.
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that aday that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
¶ How abeautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bbringeth cgood dtidings, that epublisheth fpeace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto gZion, Thy God reigneth!
Thy awatchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall bsee eye to eye, when the LORD cshall bring again dZion.
¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye awaste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
The LORD hath made abare his holy barm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall csee the dsalvation of our God.
¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye aout from thence, btouch no cunclean thing; go ye dout of the midst of her; be ye eclean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
For ye shall not go out with ahaste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your brereward.
¶ Behold, my aservant shall deal bprudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
As many were aastonied at thee; his bvisage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
So shall he asprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been btold them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
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